Category: Eating Out
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Travel Pro-tip: How to Pack Beer to Fly Home in One Piece
“How do you pack beer home when you fly?” -My old friend Kyle (readers may know him as the one who married an Iowan named Susannah*) This was the nudge to finally draft this post I’ve had in mind. I hope those of you over 21 find it handy as we head into holiday travel…
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Need an Easy Dinner Next Monday?
Food-related blog news.Dear Reader, I am sharing a bit of exciting news — as of today, my good friend Sarah Yee and I are starting a little food business! As you all know, we both love to cook. Now, we’ll be channeling this passion and skills into cooking for our community through Josephine. What’s Josephine? Josephine is…
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Driving the East Iceland Fjords
< Previous: Jokulsarlon Short Video AirBnb in Holmur On Wednesday morning, a good breakfast spread included with our stay gave us a peek at the restaurant space at the AirBnB in Holmur (photo after the jump). It was easy to imagine it as a lively popular affair in the Summer. This was perhaps the best hosted breakfast…
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Friendly Friday:
Instant Pot – Virtually Instant, Really!Recently, I had a chance to visit my fellow Minnesotan friend Tanya, her spouse Justin, and their daughter Mabel in Portland. They graciously had me over for dinner, and I got to see a demo of the Instant Pot. Apparently she was so excited about it she bought a second one when it was on…
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Braised Chickpea Chard Coconut Meal
Translated for Backpacking!Components: 1 c dehydrated braised chickpea chard coconut & couscous 1.5 c hot boiled water About 35 minutes sit time, stir after 20* Bored with your dehydrated backpacking meal rotation? This just in: braised coconut chickpea & spinach recipe from The Kitchn works out as a dehydrated camp meal! Completed my trial of it yesterday…
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Singapore: Hawker Centre Crash Course
Singapore is famous for its food culture, and although there are certainly high-end top-dollar restaurants with 10-course menus that would charm the foodiest ex-pat executive, the heart of that food culture lives in the local hawker centres. Street food is a common cultural institution throughout the world, but has a special place in Southeast Asia…
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The Tapas of Al Andalus in Spain
A guest post by Karl: Besides the amazing architecture of Al Andalus (the name of southern Spain during the times of the Islamic rule from ~700 – 1492, the area now known as Andalusia), the area is also known for tapas. Tapas are generally served in most bars and restaurants. Some only serve tapas, and…
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Friendly Friday:
2017 Living Breath Indigenous Foods and Ecological Knowledge SymposiumLast Friday was The Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ: Indigenous Foods and Ecological Knowledge Symposium. Folks from afar had made it to the University of Washington campus, including youth leadership from tribes as far away as NE Alaska.* If you’re interested in advancing your knowledge in food movements, or advancing equity, there’s exciting work afoot from…